ARTIST
Yukako SORAI

 

ARTIST STATEMENT

My textile art is created by the magic confluence of lights and forms. My works condense multiple layers of colors and manifest a continuous epiphany of chromatic nuances, which scoop out organic patterns and shapes. Natural mirabilia and uncanny forms inhabit my works, which become receptacles of the fabulous. Felt transforms into sculptural fibers, from which an attractive power is permanently emanated.

 

EDUCATION & WORKING EXPERIENCE
1994〜2008 NIPPON KEORI KAISHA. LTD.(The Japan Wool Texstile Co., Ltd.) : Textile digner.
  ・1994〜2003 Textile designer for women（Osaka,Tokyo,Ichinomiya ）
・1998〜1999 NIKKE MILANO OFFICE（Italy）
・2003〜2008 Textile designer for uniform（Tokyo）
1994 Master Degree ー Musashino Art University (Tokyo)

 

AWARDS
2012 CraftBoston Spring Award of Excellence Seaport World trade Center Boston/MA,USA
2006 Asahi Modern Crafts Exhibition Hankyu DS/Osaka/Yokohama, Japan
2005 Tournai International Textile Art Triennal 'Ki monologue' Tournai, Belgium
2003 Japan Creation Textile Contest "Grand Prix" Prize of The Minister of the Economy Tokyo Big Sight/Tokyo, Japan
2002 Expofil Award "Nouveaux Regards" Paris Nord Villepinte/Paris, France
2001 Japan Textile Contest 2001 Best Trend Award Ichinomiya Fashon Design Center/Aichi, Japan
2001 Japan Creation Textile Contest Tokyo Big Sight/Tokyo, Japan
2002 Japan Creation Textile Contest Tokyo Big Sight/Tokyo, Japan
1993 Meguro Gajoen Art Prize Meguro Gajoen Art Museum/Tokyo, Japan
1992 3rd International Textile Competition Kyoto - ITF The Museum of Kyoto/Kyoto, Japan
1989 Kawasaki City Art Exhibition premio giovane talento Kawasaki City Hall/Kawasaki, Japan

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 KOBO /Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
2011 KOBO /Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
2009 Gallery Okariya /Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
2005 Shop Yuh /Kiryu, Japan
2004 Gallery Okariya /Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
2002 ALCHIMIA /Luino, Italy
1998 5th Space /Kyoto, Japan
1992 Gallery NW House /Waseda,Tokyo, Japan

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014

 2014- 2015 Asia-Europe Fiber Art Ⅱ／MUSÉE JEAN-LURÇAT ET DE LA TAPISSERIE-ANGERS／France, Deutsches Textilmuseum Krefeld／Germany,　Janina Monkute-Marks Museum／Lithuania
  "PAGURO 3" /Torindo Gallery/Tokyo, Japan
  Japanese Contemporary Fiber Sculpture in Miniature／The sculture center/ Ohio,USA
  12 visual points/ 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art/ Kanazawa, Japan
2013 Life and Form from Now : Integaration of Craft and Design, and its Future Vision/ Tokyo Midtown Design Hub/Japan
  15th International Minitextile exhibition/ Gallery of Slovak Art's Union/Slovakia
  Textile art of miniature 3/ Itami craft center/Hyogo・Gallery5610/Tokyo,Japan
  The 6th International Biennial Exhibition on Mini Textile／Local Lore Museum／Ukraine
  MINIARTEXTIL COMO 2013 / Villa Olmo/ Como, Italy
2012 International Christmas Exhibition "ANGELS" Janina Monkute-Marks Museum/Lithuania
  JAPANTEX "ESPERIMENTO SPAZIO 2012" Tokyo Big Sight/Tokyo, Japan
  "PAGURO 2" /Torindo Gallery/Tokyo, Japan
  MINIARTEXTIL COMO 2012 / Villa Olmo/ Como, Italy
  The Teapot Redefined/ Mobilia Gallery/ Cambridge, USA
  SMALL SIZE WORKS/ Janina Monkute-Marks Museum/Lithuania
  CraftNewYork/ 7West 34th St./ NY,USA
  CraftBoston Spring/ Seaport World trade Center Boston/ MA,USA
2011 ESPERIMENTO SPAZIO 2011 /Tokyo Big Sight/Tokyo, Japan
  35th Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show/Pennsylvani Comvention Center/ Philadelphia, USA
  The Japan Contemporary Fiber Art Exhibition "Resonating Threads"/ Tama Art University/ Toky, Japan
  TODAY'S ART TEXTILE 2011 in Seoul /Sangmyung Gallery/Seoul, Korea
  2011 MINIARTEXTIL COMO /Church of San Francesco/Como, Italy
  5 Japanese artists /ARTE GIAPPONE/Milano, Italy
  CURIOSANDO ALTRI MOND /Uno spazio su misura/Milano, Italy
  Silk scarf /Japan silk center /Tokyo, Japan
2010 "PAGURO"" /Torindo Gallery/Tokyo, Japan
  "Ceramiｃ＋ Felt" /Gallery Ko/Tokyo, Japan
  Wool and Felt accessories /Shop Yuh/Kiryu, Japan
2009 TODAY'S ART TEXTILE ⅩⅩⅢ /Senbikiya Gallery/Tokyo, Japan
2008 TODAY'S ART TEXTILE ⅩⅩⅢ /Senbikiya Gallery/Tokyo, Japan
2007 Japane-Korea Fiber Art Exhibition /Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan
  MINIARTEXTIL /Salons de I'H_tel de Ville/Montrouge, France
  TODAY'S ART TEXTILE ⅩⅩⅠ /Gallery Saiensu/Morioka, Japan
  "Ceramiｃ＋ Felt" /Gallery Ko/Tokyo, Japan
2006 TODAY'S ART TEXTILE ⅩⅩ /Gallery Maronie/Kyoto, Japan
  TODAY'S ART TEXTILE IN BUSAN MINIATURE 2006 /Craft story/Busan, Korea
  Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition /Hankyu Department Stores/Osaka, Yokohama, Japan
  MINIARTEXTIL COMO 2006 /Church of San Francesco/Como, Italy
  ANEX2006 Asia Non-Wovens Exhibition /Tokyo Big Sight/Tokyo, Japan
2005 Tournai International Textile Art Triennal 'Ki monologue' /Tournai, Belgium
  TODAY'S ART TEXTILE IN BUSAN MINIATURE 2005 /Craft story/Busan, Korea
  "PomPom" /NUNO WORKS/Tokyo, Japan
2004 "Glowing Fabric"Yurinkan Biennal Art Festival /Yurinkan/Kiryu, Japan
  "Ceramiｃ＋ Felt" /Gallery Ko/Tokyo, Japan
  MINIARTEXTIL COMO 2004 /Spazio a Shed ex Ticosa/Como, Italy
  TODAY'S ART TEXTILE ⅩⅧ /Senbikiya Gallery/Tokyo, Japan
2003 "3 forms -WINTER- " /Torindo Gallery/Tokyo, Japan
  Japan Creation Textile Contest /Tokyo Big Sight/Tokyo, Japan
2002 Asia Fiber Art Exihibition /Tsinghua University/Beijing, China
  MINIATRTEXTIL COMO /Church of San Francesco/Como, Italy
  TODAY'S ART TEXTILE ⅩⅥ /Tokyo Textile Forum/Tokyo, Japan
  EXPOFIL AWARD "Nouveaux Regards" /Paris Nord Villepinte/Paris, France
2001 Japan Textile Contest 2001 /Ichinomiya Fashon Design Center/Aichi, Japan
  "Miyamaji" /Torindo Gallery/Tokyo, Japan
  Asia Fiber Art Exhibition /Fukuoka Asian Art Museum/Fukuoka, Japan
  Japan Creation Textile Contest /Tokyo Big Sight/Tokyo, Japan
2000 Japan Creation Textile Contest /Tokyo Big Sight/Tokyo, Japan
  "Ceramic and Felt " /Gallery Okariya/Ginza,Tokyo, Japan
  Asia Fiber Art Exihibition /Duk Won Gallery、Seo Nam Art Center/Seoul, Korea
1999 FIBER AS ART Part Ⅷ /Gallery Space21/Tokyo, Japan
1998 FIBER AS ART Part Ⅶ/ATC Gallery-Osaka /Gallery Space21-Tokyo, Japan
  "Dress" /Atelier Self Made/Milan, Italy
1997 TODAY'S ART TEXTILE XI /Gallery 88/Sendai, Japan
  '97 Japan and Korea Fiber Art Exihibition /Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art/Fukuoka, Japan
1996 '96 Korea and Japan Fiber Art Exhibition /Seoul City Museum of Art/Seoul, Korea
  TODAY'S ART TEXTILE Ⅹ /Fuji Gallery/Osaka, Japan
1995 FIBER AS ART Part Ⅳ'95 /Gallery Raku-Kyoto/Gallery Space 21-Tokyo, Japan
  Fiber Aret Miniature/Kobo /Ginza,Tokyo, Japan
  TODAY'S ART TEXTILE Ⅸ /Tokyo Textile Forum/Tokyo, Japan
1994 Exhibition of Art Craft Beyond the Century /The Museum of Kyoto/Kyoto, Japan
1993 Meguro Gajoen Art Prize /Meguro Gajoen Art Museum/Tokyo, Japan
  Textile art exhibition for BARNEY'S NEＷYORK /Barney's New York/Yokohama, Japan
  TODAY'S ART TEXTILE Ⅶ /Tokyo Textile Forum/Tokyo, Japan
1992 3rd International Textile Competition Kyoto - ITF /The Museum of Kyoto/Kyoto, Japan
1991 "Work" /Meguro Museum of Art,City Gallery/Tokyo, Japan
  "yyy" /MSB Gallery /Roppongi,Tokyo, Japan
1989 Kawasaki City Art Exhibition /Kawasaki City Hall/lKawasaki, Japan